Chapter 6

Max, Rei, and Kai all waited patiently for Tyson's session with the counselor to finish. Any second now he would be done, and they would finally go home.

"Remind me next time to bring a book," Kai muttered under his breath, not speaking to anyone in particular.

Rei and Max, who were sitting next to each other, kept eyeing the other, but quickly turned away before the other could catch them. Blushes stained their cheeks.

In order to distract himself, Max fiddled nervously with his T-shirt. It was nervous habit of his. When he was nervous he had had to move around, even small movement would suffice.

Laughter filled the room, making the three Bladebreakers look towards the loud sound. Entering the room was Tyson and the teenage counselor, both smiling and joking about something.

The three Bladebreakers eyed the two teens warily. It was needless to say that seeing their friend acting friendly with someone he had been dreading to see was a bit strange. Maybe she had helped with some of his issues after all? At least she had been able to help one of them.

Catching his friends' strange looks Tyson waved and smiled at them. "Hey guys! What's up?"

"Nothing," Max answered. "It's just we didn't expect Ms. Han to be with you."

The girl chuckled at Max's comment. "Now Max, I have a life too, and I have to leave the office at some point you know. By the way, did you guys talk to a brunette who came in here earlier?"

"That's a pretty vague description Ms. Han," Rei said.

Sighing in frustration the counselor ran her hand through her indigo hair, trying to ease her tension. "Look, did you talk to a brunette or not? It's a simple question. The girl has hated me since childhood, and I was afraid she might try to ruin my impression on you guys by telling you some nasty lies." Damn it! Jess better not have talked to them at any point.

"If you're talking about the girl with the pizza, no, none of us talked to her," Kai answered calmly, eyeing the counselor suspiciously. If he didn't know better he could have sworn the girl was hiding something from them.

Oh shit! Kai's getting suspicious! Panicking, but not letting it show, she began to usher the boy's out the doors. "Well that's good to know. Now that that's taken care of, I'm sure you all want to go home." Carefully, so it wouldn't look like she was kicking them out, the counselor gave Tyson a small push on the back towards the door.

"Yeah! Let's go home! I'm hungry!" Tyson announced, pumping his fist in the air.

Max laughed at Tyson's antics. "But you just ate!"

"Doesn't change the fact that I'm hungry!" With that said, Tyson ran out the door, expecting his friends to follow. Like he had predicted Max and Rei got out of their seats, following him, while making teasing comments about his eating habits. Kai however stayed behind for a few seconds, staring at the counselor, as if expecting her to attack him and his teammates at any second.

"Uh, Bye?" The teenage girl tried.

Nodding his head in reply Kai left.

Taking a deep breath the girl leaned against the nearby wall. She had pulled it off. She had managed to actually trick the Bladebreakers into thinking she was their counselor, and then tricked them into thinking they liked each other. Even with her friend showing up and almost blowing her cover, she had managed to do it all. Exhaling loudly she closed her eyes and smiled in satisfaction.

"Tyra? What are you still doing here?"

The teenage counselor, also known as Tyra, almost jumped ten feet in the air at her name. Glancing nervously to her side she had to control the urge to scream. It was the guy who had been running the front desk when she first arrived! Oh crap! If he tells anyone I was here this late I'll be the first suspected of impersonating the Bladebreaker's counselor!

Coughing, and dropping her voice a few octaves, Tyra pulled her black sunglasses out of her pocket and slipped them on. "Uh no, sorry sir but you must be mistaken." Not giving the guy a chance to comment, Tyra ran out of the room faster than a rabbit on steroids.

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"Yo, little dudes, how was the counseling?" Tyson's grandpa asked as the four teens entered the dojo. Each teen responded in his own way. Max, smiling with a tiny blush on his cheeks. Tyson, jumping up and down excitedly while telling his grandpa about it, avoiding the more personal topics discussed with the counselor. Rei nodded, while he silently watched Max out of the corner of his eye. Kai grunted and leaned against the wall in his usual pose.

"But the most amazing part was our counselor being a teenager!" Tyson exclaimed, catching his grandpa's attention instantly. As much as Grandpa loved Tyson, his grandson had the tendency to babble, so when the bluenette went on one his rants, Grandpa would tune him out occasionally, but at the mention of a teenager counseling Tyson his mind snapped back into focus.

"A teenager?" Grandpa asked, making sure he heard right.

Tyson nodded his head vigorously. "Yup, it's part of an internship. Plus, it's even better, because she is a teen like us, so she knows what we're going through."

Shaking his head in disbelief, Grandpa tried to wrap his mind around what Tyson had just told him, but he couldn't believe it. "Sorry little dude, but I think I need to lay down right now."

Frowning, Tyson looked his grandfather over worriedly. His grandpa didn't tire easily, and his sudden declaration had Tyson on edge. "Are you okay?"

Nodding his head, Grandpa mumbled something under his breath and left the room.

Blinking his eyes in confusion Tyson turned towards his friends in hopes that they could explain what had just happened to him, but Rei and Max were too caught up in their own thoughts, and Kai was too busy brooding.

Rolling his eyes heavenward Tyson smiled to himself. Figures his friends would be too busy having issues to help him answer one simple question.

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Akira: Short, but I wanted to focus on the couples getting together in the next few chapters. Also… (gasp!) The counselor has a name! That's right people! Her name is Tyra! I finally beat (coughs) Ahem, I mean, got the answer out of her.

Tyra: (smirk) You don't know my surname though.

Akira: (angry face) Damn it!